Oct 12, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Highland Christian Church - Asheville, NC Communicator - Jason Garris How citizens of tomorrow live today. The World to Come isn't only something we believe is on its way. It changes us…
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They're wondering, "Hey, when you gonna wrap this whole thing up? What's it gonna look like?" And he's like, "Hey, that's not for you to know.
It's your job to be ready." What does it mean to be ready? What does it mean to wait? So to do that, I need you to imagine with me, um, what it means to be in exile.
And many of us have never experienced that, um, but maybe you have been in a foreign country for an extended amount of time.
Maybe you can imagine what it's like to have to leave the United States or leave your country of origin or where you're from, and you have to go to a, another place for an extended period of time.
Maybe there's some good things you begin to experience, but occasionally something reminds you of home.
If you've been overseas long enough, and you're like, "Oh, man, Quarter Pounder with cheese." [laughs] Right? I know.
So to have something like that, to be able to step back into the States after eating bugs that I have eaten before and having times of having to eat very little, or to be able to get down and, and go, "This Quarter Pounder with cheese, as fake as it is, it doesn't matter." It's amazing, right? Like, you have these moments of something that reminds you of home, and maybe you actually meet somebody from the States, and maybe you've been there for a long time, and you're like, "Oh, man, tell me what's up in Asheville.
What's going on there? What's going on where I'm from? Give me a report." And suddenly there's this deep ache inside of you, and you're like, "I just wanna go home, man.
I just want to go home." The Old Testament is actually filled with stories just like that.
They're wondering, "Hey, when you gonna wrap this whole thing up? What's it gonna look like?" And he's like, "Hey, that's not for you to know.
It's your job to be ready." What does it mean to be ready? What does it mean to wait? So to do that, I need you to imagine with me, um, what it means to be in exile.
And many of us have never experienced that, um, but maybe you have been in a foreign country for an extended amount of time.
Maybe you can imagine what it's like to have to leave the United States or leave your country of origin or where you're from, and you have to go to a, another place for an extended period of time.
Maybe there's some good things you begin to experience, but occasionally something reminds you of home.
If you've been overseas long enough, and you're like, "Oh, man, Quarter Pounder with cheese." [laughs] Right? I know.
So to have something like that, to be able to step back into the States after eating bugs that I have eaten before and having times of having to eat very little, or to be able to get down and, and go, "This Quarter Pounder with cheese, as fake as it is, it doesn't matter." It's amazing, right? Like, you have these moments of something that reminds you of home, and maybe you actually meet somebody from the States, and maybe you've been there for a long time, and you're like, "Oh, man, tell me what's up in Asheville.
What's going on there? What's going on where I'm from? Give me a report." And suddenly there's this deep ache inside of you, and you're like, "I just wanna go home, man.
I just want to go home." The Old Testament is actually filled with stories just like that.
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